By: Alia Volz September 25, 2020September 29, 2020 Uncategorizedaids awareness, cannabis history, Essay, lgbtq history, lgbtq pride, magic brownies, medical marijuana, memoir, Sticky Fingers Brownies Guernica Magazine: Baking Through a Plague It was on one of the monthly brownie runs that my mom caught her first glimpse of the monster coming our way. December 1981, she was making her way up Castro Street on a pre-Christmas brownie run when she saw a small crowd studying a poster outside the Star Pharmacy. She leaned in to check it out. “GAY CANCER” it said across the top. Read the excerpt at Guernica Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... Related